Comparison of three techniques for determining ammonia emission fluxes from broiler litter

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1783-1790

  Liu, Z ^a   Wang, Lingjuan ^a,b   Beasley, D B ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid scrubber; Air emission; Ammonia concentration; Ammonia fluxes; Chemiluminescence NH 3 analyzer; Nitrogen mass balance

Indexed keywords

AIR EMISSION; AMMONIA CONCENTRATION; AMMONIA CONCENTRATIONS; AMMONIA EMISSIONS; BROILER LITTERS; CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENTS; DYNAMIC FLOWS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; MASS BALANCES; MOISTURE CONTENTS; NITROGEN CONTENTS; TOTAL NITROGENS;

ACIDS; AIR POLLUTION; AMMONIA; CHEMILUMINESCENCE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DAIRIES; FLUXES; FOOD PRODUCTS PLANTS; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; LUMINESCENCE; MOISTURE; NITROGEN; SCRUBBERS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AMMONIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; LITTER; MASS BALANCE; MOISTURE CONTENT; POULTRY;

EID: 55249113187     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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